Thermally induced torpor in fullterm lizard embryos synchronizes hatching with ambient conditions

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 415-416

  Radder, Rajkumar ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Embryogenesis; Heart rate; Metabolic rate; Reptile

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO; HABITAT QUALITY; HATCHING; LIZARD; SURVIVAL; TORPOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASSIANA DUPERREYI; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HATCHING; HEART RATE; LIZARD; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

BASSIANA DUPERREYI; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33748658801     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0495     Document Type: Article

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